Automobiije-radiator connection



V. C. YOUNG.

AUTOMOBILE RADIATOR CONNECTION. APPLICATION FILED IAN'. I3. 1919iPatented oct. 28,1919.

'NIE COLUMBIA PLIIN`0CIRAPH co.. WASHINCITCIN. D, C.

d .i vINmoN o, yonne, F VRONA, MISSOURI. l

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T 0 all, whom z' may concern:

Be itl known that I, VlN'roNfOfYouNo, a citizen of the United `States,residing lat Verona, in the county oflv Lawrence and State of Missouri,have invented certain new `and :useful Improvements-in-fA'utornofile-Radiator Connections, ofwliich the following is aspecification.

This invention relates to heat exchange, and more especially to devicesof the radiator type and to the meansfor connecting them with anautomobile engine. l

The primary object of the invention is to do away with all hose and hosecouplings.

A secondary object is toprovide a connection of such type that theradiator maybe removed any time and readily replaced.

Another object is to provide means Yfor permitting of certainadjustability of parts so that the radiator can be placed in, any car towhich it is adapted, despite variations in the positions of parts.

Other objects will appear in the following f specicationand claim. Inthe drawings- Figure l is a side elevation of the for-V ward portion ofan engine andV the radiator of a'well known type of car, showing myimproved connection as employed between them.

Figs. 2 and 8 are sectional views `of the connection only, the firstview `showing the parts slightly separated and`V the second view showingthem as connected. We are concerned only with the engine designated atE, the radiator R, and the interposed fan F and in Fig. l I have shownthese as the parts of a well known type of automobile Vnow in largepublic use.VVK It is well known that the radiatorV must be con-V nectedwith the upper and lower .portions of the water jacket within theengine, so that the water will have free circulation through theradiator by which it is cooled Vand from which it is returned. Hithertothe means for connecting these elements has Vmostly been by way of hose,and generally rubber hose and appropriate couplings or connections, butI foundV from experience that almost every time a radiator is removedthe hose is so injured that it has to be replaced `by anew piece.

oming now to the details of the present invention, I provide theradiator near its upper portion with a nipple 1 having at its outer enda threaded flange 2. Adjacent the i Applicationllea'January.13,1919;seria1-No.'2vo,933. Y

'Specification of ietterslatent. Y,

Y A:same vis a packing ring or washer A short pipe section 4 has atoneend a flange 5 standingnextthe washer, and a union nut 6 fisVsli'da'bly mounted onf the pipersection andv internally threaded so lwill engage .the threads onithe edge :fof the `Vflalnge''when L`the-parts are connected upfas seen in Fig. 3.

The other end `of the pipe section 4Y is -slidably mounted in i a secondnipple' lill,

which projects from` the engine E. This nipple has at its outer end athreaded flange l2 adapted to be engaged by a packing nut 16, suitablepacking l5 being interposed. The pipe section 4 Vis slidably mountedwithin the nipple ll, whereby an adjustment' of yparts may be effected,and afterV adjust` ment thev setting up tight of theY Ynut 16 clampsthem in their adjusted position. The specilic means for connecting thenipple with the radiator R or the nipple 1l with"V f 'UMTED STATES theengine E is not essential to my inVention. The same plan is duplicatedat ythe lower part of the radiator excepting that the lower nipple iscontinued into quite a long pipe 14.

The supports for the radiator -are not shown. A radiator thusprovidedmay be put into the car and connected up with the engine veryreadily and by a person not soVY` necessarily skilled in plumbingconnections.H

I would have the several parts 1, 4 and 11 f straight sothat no leakagewill occur be tween them and so thatv the pipe section may be slida'blewithin the nipple 11 to bring about the proper adjustment. It might bepossible to have several pipe sections 4 of different lengthV as when aradiator is to be putv inY a car of some other type than that for whichitwas especially made.

The foregoing description and the drawings have reference to what may beconsidered the preferred form of my invention. It is to be understoodthat I may make certain changes in construction and arrangement ofparts, materials, dimensions, et

cetera, as may prove expedient and fall x within the scope of theappended claim.

Having thus fully described my invention, i Y n what I claim a-s new anddesire to secure by Letters Patent is In combination vwith an .engineand ja radiator, of a plurality of attaching means' therefor, each ofwhich consistsV of a hollow nipple extending vfrom the radiator, and ahollow nipple extending from the engine,

the adjacent ends of the nipples having outstanding iianges peripherallythreaded, the

langes being spaced apart, a short pipe see tion having even outersurfaces,the innei` surfaces ofsaid nipples being even and unobstructed,said short pipe section having a hearing flange at one end, while theother end 'thereof is unobstructed, the unobstructed end portion of saidshort pipe section being receivable and slidable within one of saidnipples, a pair of internally threaded oppositely extending nuts,slidahle upon said short pipe section, packing carried within one ofsaid nuts, and a packing washer interposed against lthe flange of saidShort pipe section, whereby the nuts may be 'screwed into engagementwith the ianges of said nipples thus causing the short pipe sec- VINTONC. YOUNG. Witnesses:

THos. H. WILSON, GEO. G. LAMBETH.

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